The term "rapture" is deceitful and created for deceit. Scripture doesn't warn us about deception concerning the concept of the Trinity. However, Jesus, Peter, and Paul all warn us about the deception concerning His return… Matt 24:3,4, 2 Peter 3:15-17, 2 Thess 2:1-3. Jesus even made it a point to inform us that half the virgins didn't get it right and therefore they are told "I know you not" and the door is shut to them. That's serious! In fact, that would make it a matter of salvation.
Hebrews 6:1,2 informs us that the foundational doctrine of our faith concerning His return is the "resurrection of the dead". Paul directly calls the event "the resurrection of the dead"… 1 Cor 15:42…. in which he tells us that the dead have their physical bodies changed from perishable to imperishable bodies at this time, and then he repeats this in vs 52, 53, but this time includes the living who are changed from mortal to immortal. So if Paul directly calls the event "the resurrection of the dead", and he doesn't want us ignorant about what happens to the dead… 1 Thess 4:13-18, why is it so important to change the name to "rapture"? We now have a term that changes the focus from the dead to the living.
The art of any good hypnotist or magician is deception… redirection of focus. If Christ, Peter and Paul all warn us of deception concerning His return… what is the deception that they are warning us about?
After Jesus warns us of deception… Matt 24:3,4, He directly states that He comes after the tribulation… vs 29-31. If someone were to suggest the opposite of Christ (1 John 2:18,19)… say a rapture prior to tribulation… shouldn't there be Scripture that states the direct opposite of Christ, before the opposite of Christ is presented?
If the event is the Resurrection of the Dead, and Scripture states a lot about this event, we should understand the foundations of the resurrection of the dead, after all, Hebrews 6:1,2 tells us that it is the foundation. Job tell us that man dies and does not rise again until the heavens are destroyed… Job 14:12. Jesus expounds on this.. Matt 24:35-51, Mark 13:31,32, and tells us that the heavens will be destroyed… and of THAT DAY…. no man knows the day or the hour. He then continues to inform us that is the time like Noah and Lot, and when one is taken and the other one left. Peter repeats this in 2 Peter 3:10 and tells us that Christ comes like a thief in the night when the heavens are destroyed with a great noise. Rev 20:4-6 informs us that those martyred for not taking the mark are resurrected at the first resurrection.
Yet when a rapture event is introduced we are told that this event is different than the "second coming" event… neither terms used in Scripture, but offered to divide the "resurrection of the dead" into multiple events. Of course, the element of surprise of "like a thief", or "no one knows the day or the hour…" would have to fall on the first event… especially if there is a 7 year countdown to the 2nd. So we are now told that no man knows the day or the hour of the rapture… and the narrative starts with "and of that day…." Matt 24:36, Mark 13:32… and the previous verse that shows which day is being spoken of is eliminated. The problem persists for The passages that show Christ coming "like a thief" remain when the heavens are destroyed and not 7 years prior… 2 Peter 3:10, Rev 16:15, Job 14:12. The problem also arises of which return exactly the dead get their physical bodies returned to them so that they can now rule and reign with Christ on a physical world and not be ghosts or disembodied spirits. Paul shows that this resurrection occurs in 1 Cor 15:42-55, and he doesn't want us ignorant about this in 1 Thess 4:13-18… for they return with Christ verse 14, and have these earth suits RISE FIRST out of the graves to be Caught up together with the living who are alive and remain… But Paul directly states that these physical bodies do not go to heaven… 1 Cor 15:42-55…see verse 50…. why do the rapturists start their narrative with verse 51? Why are we lied to and told that Christ didn't know about this "mystery" that only Paul revealed? He dialogued to Martha about it in John 11. Every argument for a rapture is birthed out of deceit… the term was created for deception.
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The term "rapture" is deceitful and created for deceit. Scripture doesn't warn us about deception concerning the concept of the Trinity. However, Jesus, Peter, and Paul all warn us about the deception concerning His return… Matt 24:3,4, 2 Peter 3:15-17, 2 Thess 2:1-3. Jesus even made it a point to inform us that half the virgins didn't get it right and therefore they are told "I know you not" and the door is shut to them. That's serious! In fact, that would make it a matter of salvation.
Hebrews 6:1,2 informs us that the foundational doctrine of our faith concerning His return is the "resurrection of the dead". Paul directly calls the event "the resurrection of the dead"… 1 Cor 15:42…. in which he tells us that the dead have their physical bodies changed from perishable to imperishable bodies at this time, and then he repeats this in vs 52, 53, but this time includes the living who are changed from mortal to immortal. So if Paul directly calls the event "the resurrection of the dead", and he doesn't want us ignorant about what happens to the dead… 1 Thess 4:13-18, why is it so important to change the name to "rapture"? We now have a term that changes the focus from the dead to the living.
The art of any good hypnotist or magician is deception… redirection of focus. If Christ, Peter and Paul all warn us of deception concerning His return… what is the deception that they are warning us about?
After Jesus warns us of deception… Matt 24:3,4, He directly states that He comes after the tribulation… vs 29-31. If someone were to suggest the opposite of Christ (1 John 2:18,19)… say a rapture prior to tribulation… shouldn't there be Scripture that states the direct opposite of Christ, before the opposite of Christ is presented?
If the event is the Resurrection of the Dead, and Scripture states a lot about this event, we should understand the foundations of the resurrection of the dead, after all, Hebrews 6:1,2 tells us that it is the foundation. Job tell us that man dies and does not rise again until the heavens are destroyed… Job 14:12. Jesus expounds on this.. Matt 24:35-51, Mark 13:31,32, and tells us that the heavens will be destroyed… and of THAT DAY…. no man knows the day or the hour. He then continues to inform us that is the time like Noah and Lot, and when one is taken and the other one left. Peter repeats this in 2 Peter 3:10 and tells us that Christ comes like a thief in the night when the heavens are destroyed with a great noise. Rev 20:4-6 informs us that those martyred for not taking the mark are resurrected at the first resurrection.
Yet when a rapture event is introduced we are told that this event is different than the "second coming" event… neither terms used in Scripture, but offered to divide the "resurrection of the dead" into multiple events. Of course, the element of surprise of "like a thief", or "no one knows the day or the hour…" would have to fall on the first event… especially if there is a 7 year countdown to the 2nd. So we are now told that no man knows the day or the hour of the rapture… and the narrative starts with "and of that day…." Matt 24:36, Mark 13:32… and the previous verse that shows which day is being spoken of is eliminated. The problem persists for The passages that show Christ coming "like a thief" remain when the heavens are destroyed and not 7 years prior… 2 Peter 3:10, Rev 16:15, Job 14:12. The problem also arises of which return exactly the dead get their physical bodies returned to them so that they can now rule and reign with Christ on a physical world and not be ghosts or disembodied spirits. Paul shows that this resurrection occurs in 1 Cor 15:42-55, and he doesn't want us ignorant about this in 1 Thess 4:13-18… for they return with Christ verse 14, and have these earth suits RISE FIRST out of the graves to be Caught up together with the living who are alive and remain… But Paul directly states that these physical bodies do not go to heaven… 1 Cor 15:42-55…see verse 50…. why do the rapturists start their narrative with verse 51? Why are we lied to and told that Christ didn't know about this "mystery" that only Paul revealed? He dialogued to Martha about it in John 11. Every argument for a rapture is birthed out of deceit… the term was created for deception.